The car pulled up outside of Pete and Jackie's house, it was a large place with plenty of land surrounding it. The front garden was beautifully decorated with big bright flowers, a couple of oak trees and a freshly mowed lawn. The Tyler family and the Doctor, clambered out of the car looking totally knackered.
"This is your house?" the Doctor exclaimed. He walked towards the front garden and knelt down observing the flowers.
"Yeah, what's up with it?" Jackie replied
"Nothing, just expected that mansion place. Why did you move from there it was lovely?"
Jackie looked at him for a moment than turned her attention to the house.
"Just needed a new start, somewhere that was ours." she said, a sense of gloom in her voice.
The Doctor realised what she meant and decided to keep quite.
As he stood back up he felt Rose put her arm through his.
"So what do you think?" she asked him.
"Very nice, although does your mother have a gardener?" he questioned, with a cheeky grin on his face.
"Yeah, he comes once a month, why?"
"Just, a garden as beautiful as this, well, it doesn't exactly have Jackie Tyler written all over it does it." He smirked.
"OI" Jackie shouted, slapping him on the back as she walked past.
Rose and Pete laughed at how true it was. Had Jackie been left to do the gardening rest assured it would be over grown and half dead by now.
"I'll have you know I helped plant these" she insisted opening the front door.
"Yeah Jacks, but the gardener had to then dig them all up to do it properly" Pete interrupted.
They all started laughing again.
"Oh shut it you" she told him.
"Welcome to mum and dad's house" Rose introduced, closing the door behind her. The hall that they had entered was wide and decorated with cream wall paint. There were two cabinets on one side of the wall; the Doctor wondered what kind of things Jackie would keep locked away in such a secretive cabinet. He turned his attention to Rose,
"Cleaner?" he quietly asked.
" Twice a week" she replied trying her hardest not to laugh.
Jackie looked at the pair of them.
"Is this what it's going to be like now? You two cracking jokes all the time, I have a young child to look after." She protested.
Rose and Pete looked at the floor trying to contain their laughter, while the Doctor turned and faced Tony, who just stared blankly at him.
"What this young man?" he said picking him up and placing him on his arm. Tony giggled at the speed he'd been swung round. He seemed to like the Doctor, much to Rose's relief. They seemed to really connect on the long journey home.
"Nah, he's a big boy aren't you Tiny Tyler." Tony just giggled again. Rose smiled gently at the site of her baby brother getting on so well with the man she loved. She glanced over at Jackie who was doing the same.
"Right, I'll put the kettle on" Jackie finally said, walking through the hall to a door on the right. The Doctor put Tony down, much to his disappointment, and turned to look at Rose.
"So where do you live?" he asked her.
"I've got a place about 10minutes from here." She replied still smiling.
The Doctor nodded.
"Yer, she decided that after two years travelling space and meeting allsorts of alien life forms with you, that living back with her parents would be too weird." Pete laughed also walking into the kitchen.
The Doctor looked back at her grinning. She rolled her eyes.
"Are you ok living with me?" she asked him. She thought she might have asked a bit too soon and abruptly. He looked at her for a moment.
"Yeah" he said gently, still smiling. He leaned in and gave her a kiss, again much to Rose's delight.
"Rose Tea" they heard a little voice shriek, forcing them to pull away from their kiss.
There was stood Tony, impatiently waiting for them to come into the kitchen. They wondered slowly into the kitchen, the Doctor observed every little detail of the house. It seemed so unlike Jackie to live in a place like this, he guessed it was because he was used to seeing her in a small London flat. Where they were living now was just outside of London. It was close enough so that Pete could get to Torchwood whenever he needed, but was also a nice neighbourhood that Tony could grow up in. As they entered the kitchen a steaming hot cup of tea was placed in front of the Doctor.
"There you go" Jackie said, shoving it in his hands. He just nodded in appreciation.
"Rose when are you back at Torchwood?" Pete asked her.
"Err what day is it today?" travelling from universe to universe could get quite confusing when it came to dates. Pete studied the calendars and did some calculations.
"Monday the 10th" he replied.
"I'll be back Wednesday" she confirmed, their voices had turned quite professional, a tone of voice the Doctor wasn't used to hearing Rose use.
Rose walked over to the other side of the room, to give her mum a hand with the snacks she was preparing. The Doctor was occupied playing with Tony and Pete was going through the mail he had received since they'd been away.
"Rose what you gonna do about the Doctor?" she asked her.
"What do you mean?"
"Well will he work for Torchwood?" Jackie's voice sounded a bit concerned.
"I don't know, I was gonna ask him about that when we got home. I don't wanna make him do somethin' he doesn't wanna do."
" I know sweetheart, I'm sure he'll be ok" Jackie reassured her, stroking her hair.
"Can't believe you did it though, you got him back. You were always determined you would, ever since you two were parted."
Rose smiled.
"Yeah, it's amazing what you'll do for the man you love." They both smiled before turning back to prepare the snacks.